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Dear class,

Here's my email address: johnlinminghuei@gmail.com
If you would feel like droping me a line and saying hello to me, you're very much welcome to do so.

I hope you guys are all doing great!

Bests,
John

Online resources, again

Dear class,

I simply want to remind you of the online resources that we have been using for the past months. Hopefully they can help you to access the nursery rhythms and songs that you are looking for in the future.

Good luck on everything and so long!


Online Resources

1. http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/angie11759/archive?l=f&id=16有許多的童謠教學、韻文教學、帶動唱的影片可供觀摩

2. http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/angie11759/archive?l=f&id=28與上面的網站為同一個，收錄了12首英文歌曲。

3. http://blog.xuite.net/english20/skiptomylou該網站收集了許多的童謠歌詞及適合兒童的經典歌曲歌詞，並提供了每一首歌的歷史背景及說明。美中不足的是每有音樂檔可聽。

4. http://www.wretch.cc/blog/peinishen/13001094Penny的英語教學部落格，有適合幼童的英文童謠、故事書介紹，還包括了一些penny個人上課的英語韻文教學影片可供觀摩。

5. http://www.labnol.org/nursery-rhymes.html1

6 Animations of Classic Nursery Rhymes and Children Songs6. http://www.ilovewavs.com/ForKids/Nursery/KidsNurseryRhymes.htm55 nursery songs with music and yet without lyrics. Yet, no worries! If you are looking for nursery lyrics, try the following links. http://www.englishnurseryrhymes.com/ or http://mother-goose-nursery-rhymes.com/index.htm

7. http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=heh Mama Lisa’s world. This is a house of English nursery rhymes, most of which are featured illustrated rhymes. Most of them are also accompanied by funny sounds or MP3 recordings.

8. http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=ec&p=982&c=151Mama Lisa’s world. Three kid songs from Taiwan translated into English.

9. http://poetry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=poetry&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gardenofsong.com%2F There is a large collection of nursery rhymes and other traditional songs for kids with music to sing along to

Silent night lyrics

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;
Christ the Savior, is born!
Christ the Savior, is born!

Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

Hush, little baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXCI_Kxmiw

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird.

if that mockingbird won't sing,
Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

and if that diamond ring turns brass,
Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass.

and if that looking glass gets broke,
Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat.

and if that billy goat won’t pull,
Papa's gonna buy you a cart and bull.

and if that cart and bull turn over,
Papa's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.

and if that dog named Rover won't bark.
Papa's gonna buy you a horse and cart.

and if that horse and cart fall down,
you'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.

Hush, little baby don’t say a word,
Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird

If that mockingbird won’t sing
Mama’s gonna buy a diamond ring

Hush, little baby don’t say a word,
Mama loves you and so do I.


-------------Little Jack Horner-------------
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

If you are happy and you know it (Student version)

(Group 1)
If you're happy and you know it, do "hmm-ah" (hmm-ah)
If you're happy and you know it, do "hmm-ah" (hmm-ah)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, do "hmm-ah" (hmm-ah)

If you're happy and you know it, wave your arm (wave)
If you're happy and you know it, wave your arm (wave)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, wave your arm (wave)

(Group 2)
If you're happy and you know it, say "barvo" (bravo)
If you're happy and you know it, say "bravo." (bravo)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, say "bravo" (bravo)

If you're happy and you know it, jump high (jump jump)
If you're happy and you know it, jump high (jump jump)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, jump high (jump jump)

(Group 3)
If you're happy and you know it, shake your hips (shake shake)
If you're happy and you know it, shake your hips (shake shake)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, shake your hips (shake shake)

If you're happy and you know it, say "oh-yeah" (oh-yeah)
If you're happy and you know it, say "oh-yeah" (oh-yeah)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, say "oh-yeah" (oh-yeah)

(Group 4)

If you're happy and you know it, shake your bum. (shake shake)
If you're happy and you know it, shake your bum. (shake shake)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, shake your bum. (shake shake)

If you're happy and you know it, say "a-woo" (a-woo)
If you're happy and you know it, say "a-woo" (a-woo)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, say "a-woo" (a-woo)

(Group 5)
If you're happy and you know it, show your thumbs (show show)
If you're happy and you know it, show your thumbs (show show)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, show your thumbs (show show)

If you're happy and you know it, dance with me (dance dance)
If you're happy and you know it, dance with me (dance dance)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, dance with me (dance dance)

Songs for Nov 29

If You're Happy and You Know It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrsM9WggCdo

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)

If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)

If you're happy and you know it, nod your head. (nod nod)
If you're happy and you know it, nod your head. (nod nod)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, nod your head. (nod nod)

If you're happy and you know it, turn around. (turn around)
If you're happy and you know it, turn around. (turn around)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, turn around. (turn around)

If you're happy and you know it, say we are. (we are)
If you're happy and you know it, say we are. (we are)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, say we are. (we are)

Another version: http://poetry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=poetry&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gardenofsong.com%2F



Lullaby and good night

(Cradle song/cradlesong)

Music by Johannes Brahms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t894eGoymio

Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
'Round your head
Flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
'Round your head
Flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

Close your eyes
Now and rest
May these hours
Be blessed

Close your eyes
Now and rest
May these hours
Be blessed

Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
'Round your head
Flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

Another version: http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/l016.html
Celine Dion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DheLUh-6vR8

Novermber 15, Sunday

Dear my students,

We are to learn some poems and rhymes on Novermber 15, Sunday.
Here are the lyrics:

A child’s garden of verses
By
Robert Louis Stevenson

Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?


The Wind
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
Oh wind, a-blowing all day long,
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

Oh you that are so strong and cold,
Oh blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
Oh wind, a-blowing all day long,
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

A Thought
It is very nice to think
The world is full of meat and drink,
With little children saying grace
In every Christian kind of place.


Good and Bad Children
Children, you are very little,
And your bones are very brittle;
If you would grow great and stately,
You must try to walk sedately.
You must still be bright and quiet,
And content with simple diet;
And remain, through all bewild'ring,
Innocent and honest children.
Happy hearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy places--
That was how in ancient ages,
Children grew to kings and sages.
But the unkind and the unruly,
And the sort who eat unduly,
They must never hope for glory--
Theirs is quite a different story!
Cruel children, crying babies,
All grow up as geese and gabies,
Hated, as their age increases,
By their nephews and their nieces.